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,PAJTENTED DB0, 20, 1904 L. P. WELLMANN STIRRUP STRAP. 1 APPLICATIONFILED JULY 5, 1902.

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UNITED STATES Patented December 20, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

STlRRUP-STRAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 778,090, dated December20, 1904.

' Application filed July 5, 1902. Serial no. 114,498.

To (LZL whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LOUIS P. WELLMANN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of West New York, in the county of Hudson and Stateof'New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Stirrup-Strap, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

One purpose of this invention is toso improve upon the constructionshown and described in the Letters Patent for stirrup-straps granted tome August 5, 1902, No. 706,468, that said construction is materiallysimplified, and means are provided for the ready attachment of astirrup-iron to a stirrup-strap, and a quick and convenientdisengagement of the same parts is rendered possible, together withmeans whereby when the stirrup is not in use it may be disconnectedfrom'the lower por tionof the strap and be connected with and suspendedfrom the upper section of said strap close to the saddle-skirts.

Another purpose of the invention is to provide a stirrup-strap which maybe constructed of metal, and, further, to provide a swivelhanger for thestirrup-iron readily applied to and disconnected from the strap andwhich in which similar characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevationof a saddle and the improved stirrup-strapapplied. Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional edge view of the stirrup-strap.Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view of the stirrup-hanger, illustratingthe manner in which it is connected with the strap. Fig. 1. is a detailperspective view of a locking-loop for the strap; and Fig. 5 is atransverse section through thestrap, taken practically on the line 5 5of Fig. 1.

A represents a saddle, which is provided at each side at its skirt witha keeper 10, the said keepers being bifurcated at one endthe end whichis in direction of the rear of the saddleas is shown in Fig. 1.

All parts of the stirrup-straps are preferably made of thin or lightsteel or other metal,

and the strap primarily consists of three sections namely, an uppersection A, an intermediate section B, and a lower section C. Thesesections are readily disconnected one from the other, and theintermediate and lower sections are adjustable relative to each other.The upper section A is shaped longitudinally in conformity with thegeneral shape of the sides of the body of a horse and is therefore moreor less longitudinally curved or bowed,

its inner surface being concave and its outer surface convexed. In cross-section,- as is shown in Fig. 5, the outer surface of said uppersection of a strap is flat and its inner surface more or less convexed.Preferably the upper and lower portions of the lower section of a strapare more or less contracted, and at the upper end of the said uppersection of the strap an eye 11 is formed, which eye is adapted toreceive the lower member of the bifurcated end of the keeper 10, whichat its bifurcated portion may be closed in any suitable manner, ifdesired.

On the outer surface of the upper section A of a strap near the eye 11an upwardly-extending hook 12 is located, upon which the intermediateand lower sections of the strap may be hung when it is desirable to havethe strap out of the way. The construction of the upper section A of astrap is completed by forming or attaching a snap-hook 13 at its lowerend, which snap-hook is provided with the usual closing-spring 1 1 atits mouth.

The intermediate section B ofa strap is preferably fiat at both itsfront and its back, as is shown in Fig. 2, and is provided withan eye 16at its upper end, through which a ring 17 is sometimes passed, adaptedto be received by the snap-hook 13- whenthe intermediate section is tobe connected with the upper section of the strap, and at thelowerportion of the said intermediate section B a series of apertures 18is longitudinally produced; but

preferably the ring 17 is omitted and the snap-hook 13 is passeddirectly through the eye 16. This intermediate section B is passedthrough a metal loop 19, (shown best in Figs. 2 and 4,) having a flatinner surface and a downward extension 20 from its back section. Theextension 20 of the loop 19 is preferably more or less triangular, itslower end being contracted in width, and at said lower end anoutwardly-extending stud 21 is located, adapted to enter any one of theapertures 18 in the intermediate section B of the strap, as is shown inFig. 2.

The loop 19 serves as a guide and as a binder for the upper end of thelower strap-section C, which latter at its upper portion is providedupon its rear face with a multiple of studs 22, usually two, and in theadjustment of the lower section C upon the intermediate section B of astrap the studs 22 enter suitable apertures 18 in the latter section, asis also shown in. Fig. 2. In the adjustment of the lower upon theintermediate sections of the strap the locking-loop 19 is moved with thelower section, as it should always inclose the lower section C where thestuds 22 are formed.

The lower end of the lower strap-section C is preferably in the form ofa shank 23, circular in cross-section. and said shank member 23terminates in a horizontal button 2& of disk formation, and usually theupper and lower faces of the button are more or less conveXed, as isshown in Fig. 3; but said faces may be prepared to receiveball-bearings. At the lower end of the lower strap-section O a snaphookD is swiveled. This snap-hook is made in two duplicate sections 25,having flat inner faces, and when the sections 25 are brought togetherthey are secured by one or more bolts or rivets 26. Each section 25 ofthe snap-hook D has a collar 27 at its upper end, segmental incross-section, to receive the shank 23 of the lower strap-section C.Each section 25 of the snap-hook D is further provided with a transversechamber 28, adapted to loosely receive the button 2a of said lowerstrap-section, and one section 25 of 'the snap-hook D has the usualclosing-sp ring 29 secured thereto.

It will thus be observed that the snap-hook D is free to turn upon thelower strap-section C of the stirrup-strap and may be readily andconveniently attached to the strap and quickly removed when necessary.

The stirrup or stirrup-iron E is carried by the snap-hook D, whichserves as a hanger or support for the same, and it is evident that thestirrup can be quickly detached when required. In the normal position ofthe snaphook D the spring 29 faces the rear, so that the stirrup E willhang at an :uljustable angle to the side of the horse and at an angle tothe riders feet.

hen the stirrups are not in use, they may be placed out of the way bydisconnecting the intermediate sections B of the stirrup-straps from theupper sections A at the lower ends of the latter and placing the rings17 or the eyes 16 over the hooks 12 at the upper ends of the upperstrap-sections A.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. In a device of the class described, thecombination of a metal stirru p-strap having an upper curved sectionapertured at one end for attachment to a saddle, a hook at the oppositeend of said strap, an intermediate section flexibly and detachablyconnected with said hook, a lower section adjustable longitmlinally ofthe intermediate section, a slide extending around both said sectionsand adapted to make interlocking engagement with the intermediatesection whereby the lower section and the intermediate section may beheld in a position of adjustment, a snap-hook swiveled to freely turn onthe lower section, and stirrup detaehably connected with said hook,substantially as set forth.

2. In a stirrup-strap, the combination with an upper longitudinal curvedsection adapted to be secured to a saddle, a hook formed at the lowerend of said upper section, an intermediate section detachably connectedwith the upper section through the medium of a hook, said intermediatesection having a series of apertures therein, a lower section adjustablerelative to the intermediate section, a sliding loop through which thesections pass, said loop having a stud for entering the apertures in theintermediate section, the lower section, passing through the loop,having studs adapted to enter apertures in the intermediate section, ashank circular in cross-section, a button at the end of said shank, anda snap-hook constructed in sections, each having a chamber therein toreceive the said button and a collar to receive the shank of the lowersection, means for connecting the parts of the lower snap hook, and astirrup supported from said hook and adapted to hang at right anglesrelative to the saddle, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

LOUIS P. W ELLMANN.

\Vitnesses:

J. FRED. Aonuu, EVERARD BOLTON M AnsnALL.

